Improved steam-former for shaping and finishing corsets



` l corset thereon PATENr @trienio LcHAHLEs ,HEPToNsrALn on PROVIDENCE, RHODE rsLAND, AssIeNoH rro HIMSELF AND `PARDON M. STONE, VOF SAME PLACE.

llVlPROl/ED ASTEAIV'I-,l-ORMl-IR FOR SHAPING AND FINISHlNG CORSETS.

Specification forming pnrtrof-Letters Patent No. l06.060, dated August 2,11870. I

y To aZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GHAELEs HEPTON- `sTALL, of the city and county of Providence,

and State of'Rhode Island, have invented certain Improvements in Formers for Shaping structing the former in two suitably-shaped steam-chambers connected by pipes having i, sliding joints, and actuated to and from each other by suitable screws, the said former being provided l with devices for holding the during the operation of shap- Figure 1 is a sectional view, and Fig. 2 is a back elevation, of my invention.

C isl a metallic former constructed of `two hollow parts, A A.l Said parts are connected .by the inlet and outlet steam-pi pes D D,which are provided with slide-j oints F F', thus allow ing the parts A Ato be moved any required distance from and toward each other by means the screws B B.,- l l H H are inlet and outlet steam-valves to the former C or its pipes D D.

`G G are hinged clamps constructed to suit the form or curvature of theback ofthe former C, and said clamps, when in use, are secured at the top by means of the catches I I.

This former, for shaping and nishing corsets as improved by me, is operated as follows: The corset x (which having been fastened together by the clasps on its front) is placed upon the former C, with the lacing` parts together at the back.V The clamps G G are then placedupon-said corset near the lacing-eyes, and secured there by means of the catches I I. rlhus the corset is secured and conformed (without the use of lacings, as heretofore) to the back of said former, which'operation leavesgthe corset ready to be brought closely to the whole form of said former for finishing by means of the screws B B', which separate as well as draw together the two parts A A.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The corset-former herein describedfcolrsisting of the two sliding chambers AA7 sliding j ointed steam-pipes D D, actuating-screws B B', and clamps G G', the whole arranged as shown.

JOHN H. GEowELL, HELEN M. BROWN. 

